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Alex Mehr

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Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

I essentially, and I did that, by the way, back when I became an entrepreneur for the first time in 2007, I didn't start, my first company was an online dating app, but it didn't start as an online dating app.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

I started an app studio and we were launching apps.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

We launched quizzes, games, stuff like that until online dating hit.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

And then we followed the traction and we doubled down, tripled down on that.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

So, but I, to do that, I had to cash out my 401k at the beginning, pay all the penalties, put all my money in it.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

I wasn't married.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

I didn't have kids, you know, and, and I, and then I raised capital in Silicon Valley and I built, I had to do that.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

It required a lot of resources.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

And also like I,

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

now you can execute the same method with less, way less resources with AI.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

So the good news is, if you are an idea machine today,

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

and you don't have the execution abilities of Thomas Edison, okay?

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

You're given a gift, which is AI essentially helping you build and execute.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

So you can mope about jobs being lost due to AI, but you can also say, hey, maybe God has a different plan for me, and you say maybe, even if you get laid off because of AI,

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

Maybe that's part of the plan.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

Maybe that is in your future.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

It's forcing your hand to have all these ideas that you had over the years did not execute.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

List them and knock them out one by one with AI.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

And we can talk about how to do that.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Launch 1 Product Every Week: The "Idea Machine" Method | Alex Mehr

But it's like essentially knock them out one by one until you have a winning idea.